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Floyd Patterson vs Roger Russell — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Floyd Patterson

Roger Russell

Floyd Patterson (55-8-1) and Roger Russell (2-8-1 across 11 tracked bouts) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share no common opponents in Kill The Body's bout data.

Patterson

55

Wins40 KO · 73%

8

Losses

1

Draw64 tracked bouts

Russell

Tracked record

2–8–1

counted from 11 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Heads up: at least one of these records is a tracked record — the wins and losses Kill The Body has ingested so far, not an independently verified career total. Treat the comparison as a read on the bouts we hold, not a settled ledger.

Head to Head

Patterson leads 1–0

Floyd Patterson and Roger Russell have met 1 time; Patterson leads 1–0.

Floyd Patterson and Roger Russell have met 1 time; Patterson leads 1–0.
Met1971Mar 29Series
Floyd PattersonFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Roger RussellFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultTKOR91Meeting

The Numbers

Patterson 7 · Russell 0 of 7 measurable rows
PattersonRussell
Record†
55-8-1 (edge)2-8-1
Win %0–100%
86.7% (edge)
22.7%
Wins by knockoutmax 40
40 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
72.73%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
73% (edge)
0%
Times stopped‡max 6
5 (edge)
6
Title reignsmax 4
4 (edge)
0
Bouts per year§max 3.2
3.2 (edge)
1.1
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 64
64
11

† One or both records are tracked, not career-verified. · ‡ Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total. · § Across each fighter's tracked career span. · Bars are scaled per row — percentages on 0–100, counts against the larger of the two. Every figure is also printed as text.

Tale of the Tape

Reachnot held
Floyd Patterson: 71″
Roger Russell: No reach on file
Agenot held
Floyd Patterson: Died aged 71
Roger Russell: No date of birth
Stance
Floyd Patterson: Orthodox
Roger Russell: Not recorded

Floyd Patterson left, Roger Russell right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Floyd Patterson55 wins · from 64 tracked bouts

Floyd Patterson: 55 tracked wins — 40 by KO/TKO (73%) and 15 on the cards (27%). Counted from 64 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

40 by KO/TKO 73%15 on the cards 27%

Roger Russell2 wins · from 11 tracked bouts

Roger Russell: 2 tracked wins — 2 on the cards (100%). Counted from 11 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

2 on the cards 100%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Floyd Patterson 64, Roger Russell 11 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

No opponents in common across the bouts Kill The Body has tracked for these two.

Current Form

Oldest left · newest right

Floyd Patterson had won four in a row before losing by stoppage to Muhammad Ali. Patterson last boxed on Sep 20, 1972.WWWWL

Brown Aug 1971Harris Nov 1971Bonavena Feb 1972Agosto Jul 1972Ali Sep 19723.2 tracked bouts per year

Roger Russell last boxed on Sep 29, 1977 — 17,919 days ago. Russell had won one in a row before losing by stoppage to Bernardo Mercado.LLLWL

Johnson Nov 1972Bobick Oct 1973Esa May 1977Esa Jul 1977Mercado Sep 19771.1 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Floyd Patterson and Roger Russell ever fought each other?
Yes. Floyd Patterson and Roger Russell met once on March 29, 1971, and Floyd Patterson won by TKO in round 9.
The meeting

WMar 29, 1971 · Patterson · TKO R9

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Patterson or Russell?
Floyd Patterson is 55-8-1 and Roger Russell is 2-8-1 across the 11 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Floyd Patterson has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Patterson55–8–186.7%

Russell2–8–122.7%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Patterson or Russell?
Floyd Patterson has 40 knockout wins and Roger Russell has 0. Floyd Patterson has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Patterson4072.7%

Russell0

The Numbers ↓
Do Patterson and Russell have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Floyd Patterson and Roger Russell have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Patterson and Russell?
This comparison is drawn from 64 bouts tracked for Floyd Patterson and 11 bouts tracked for Roger Russell. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Patterson64bouts

Russell11bouts

How They Win ↓

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